Obituary Pirates: A.I.'s Ghastly Biographers

When anyone remotely famous dies, "books" pop up chronicling each life—including that of my humorist dad. He wouldn't find the copyright infringement all that funny.

When my beloved father passed away on December 18th, the editors at the New York Times and Washington Post deemed his life worth chronicling in a pair of thoughtfully reported obituaries. I spent a fortnight crafting one, too.

So imagine my surprise when, less than a week later, three whole “books” popped up for sale on Amazon: the ever-so-creatively tit…